Visited Japan in 2005 (one week) to participate as panellists in UN’s “World Conference on Disaster Reduction” in Kobe from India as one of the Indian members with German delegation.

Participated in UN’s Third International Conference on Early Warning, 27-29 March, 2006 Bonn, Germany

Participated and presented a paper in the International Disaster Risk Conference, Davos (25-29 August 2008), Switzerland.

Organised a capacity development programme in Germany as moderator for various States and National agencies from 20 June to 3 July 2010.

2. Professional Experience in Disaster Management Institute

Total Service Experience: More About 30 years experience in the area of Environment and disaster management. Working at regional and national level and coordinating various states. Provided technical leadership in making on-site and off-site emergency management plans to various hazardous industries and state Govts of the India. Provided leadership in completing Risk assessment, safety audits for various industries.

Chief editor of www.hrdp-idrm.in which has been developed jointly by InWEnt-gtz-DMI under Indo-German bilateral programme.

Presently working closely with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Ministry of Home, and MOEF GOI as:

Core Group Member in drafting and publication of “National Guidelines on Chemical/Industrial Disaster Management”

Coordinator of “Strengthening of Safety and Security for Transportation of POL tankers”

Technical advisor to NDMA in conducting Chemical/Industrial Disaster Mock-drills in the whole country

Member Secretary, National Action Plan (NAP) of Chemical/Industrial Disaster Management. NAP is prepared jointly by NDMA and MOEF.

Member of working group on Disaster Management of Planning Commission of 11th and 12th Five Year Plan

Experience of working with following central Ministries:

Ministry of Environment and Forests, GOI

Ministry of Labour, GOI

Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI

Effort

Having experience of working with following foreign agencies for disaster and environment subject:

Experience :
Having total experience of about 21 years out of which 4 year in production planning, maintenance, erection / commissioning activities in process / engineering industries and rest 17 years at DMI in coordination & execution of consultancy projects in on Safety Audits, HAZOP, FMEA Studies, Quantitative Risk Assessment, On-Site/Off-Site Emergency Management Plans in various hazardous industries and in providing training to many process engineer, management executives from industries, different level government officials and students of various schools. The selective consultancy experience is as under :

Imparted specialized training at district and national level to many scientists, engineers, industrial managers, from various private and public sector undertakings, government officers from different departments, teachers and students of various schools and collages etc. onÂ

Documentation : Various technical reports on consultancy and training material. Also provided technical contribution in preparation of training modules on about 15 themes pertaining to industrial disaster and risk management in support of gtz, Germany.

Dr. George V. Joseph, Deputy Director

A Disaster Management Professional with PhD. in Social Work from RDVV- Jabalpur, a Masters from the University of Madras and BA (Hon.) from St. Antony’s College-Shillong, North Eastern Hill University. Has over 24 years of experience in the varied fields of disaster management, human resource development, education and community development in various states of India. The PhD work was on “Major Accident Hazardous Industries and the Risk Perceptions of the people”

Over 17 years of exclusive National Level experience in disaster management planning, capacity building, research, advocacy and awareness. Major projects handled include, disaster management capacity building programme under the Central Sectoral Scheme- ministry of agriculture , Government of India, Institutionalization of incident command system in India, community based disaster risk reduction- a joint project of Government of Madhya Pradesh and Unicef, Disaster Management Capacity Building Programme, Government of Madhya Pradesh, School Safety Programme - Government of Madhya Pradesh, Contingency Planning -Narmada Valley Development Authority, Hospital Safety programme- National Health Mission, NGO capacity building on disaster management programme- World Vision, CASA, Red Cross, Capacity building programmes for financial institutions NABARD, RBI, Preparation of off-site emergency management plans etc. Has also undertaken research projects like mid-term evaluation of Gujarat Earthquake intervention by international NGOs, risk perception studies, community preparedness etc.

Has experience of working with National University for Educational Planning and Administration (Formaly NIEPA) –New Delhi, Allen Bradley India Ltd. (Rockwell Automation), Asian Centre for Organisation Research and Development, CEVA, Caritas India, Don Bosco Social Welfare Society etc. in various capacities, in different parts of country including in the North East India

Ms.Priyanka Saxena, an MCA having sixteen years of working experience with Disaster Management Institute (Department of Home, Government of Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal as Asstt. Programmer. Fully experienced in the use, application and problem solving of a broad fields of software’s, networking and troubleshooting. Worked on GIS (Geographical Information System), MIS, Database Management System and Relational Database Management System. Also Developing, Maintaining & Updating the website of Disaster Management Institute in the capacity of a Webmaster. more......
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Project member of DMI:

Mr Jayant Roushan, Sr.Technical Expert

Brief Profile:

A Chemical Engineer from Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Pune and M. Tech. from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat. He has completed certificate course in Industrial Safety from National Safety Council. He has attended various training programme & seminars at various reputed organizations on various aspects of Industrial disaster.

Experience:
Having total experience of about 05 years in DMI in coordination & execution of ERDMP Certification projects and consultancy projects in on Safety Audits, HAZOP, Quantitative Risk Assessment, On-Site/Off-Site Emergency Management Plans in various hazardous industries and in providing training to many process engineer, management executives from industries, different level government officials and students of various schools. The selective consultancy experience is as under:

Safety Audits: Conducted many safety audit across the country of various reputed organisations like : NTPC : Ramagundam, A.P.,NTPC Jhanor Gandhar, Gujrat, NTPC Singrauli, U.P., NTPC Koraba, Sipat ,Chhatisgarh,
NTPC HAZOP and DMP: NTPC SAIL Power Company Limited, Durgapur; KMML Kochhi, SAIL Durgapur, NTPC KorbaWorkshop/Training & Documentation:
- Co-ordinated two National Level Workshops on Emergency Response and Disaster Management Plan at Bhopal in 2012 and 2016 which was attended by more than 100 industry participants of various MAH industries.
- Imparted specialized training at DMI and at industry premises to many industrial managers from various private and public sector undertakings, government officers from different departments, teachers and students of various schools and collages etc. documentation of various technical reports on consultancy

Ms Swati Mishra,Technical Expert

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Policy development on disaster management for line departments of govt. of MP in line with DM Act, 2005.

Master of Technology in Chemical Engineering in 2013-2014 with specialization in Environmental Management from Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain.
Bachelor of Engineering from Chemical Engineering in 2004-2008 from Madhav Institute Of Technology And Science, Gwalior.

Working for policy development for various departments under Madhya Pradesh Govt. in line with Disaster Management Act, 2005.

Experience :

Having total experience of about 3 years out of which 2 years in Engineering education & rest of time at DMI in policy, coordination and execution of consultancy projects on Safety Audits, HAZOP, ERDMP certification & On-Site/Off-Site Emergency Management Plans in various hazardous industries and in providing awareness training to many government district officer in M.P. The selective consultancy experience is as under:

Imparted specialized training at district level to many government officers from different departments etc.

Mr.Kamlesh Prasad,Technical Expert (Earth Science)

Dr.Kamlesh Prasad holds Ph.D. in Geology from CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal. Post graduate with specialization in Hydrogeology from Barkatullah University, Bhopal. Before joining DMI, he has been affiliated with Noronha Academy of Administration, Bhopal as technical officer. Total experience of 10 years 3 months in the field of research and teaching.

Experience in work areas

1. Research
• Study of crustal deformation in central India along Narmadarriver by Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) for study of Crustal deformation.
• Geotextile research for soil and water conservation.
• Rapid assessment of drinking water quality in the state of M.P.
• Analysis of Geochemistry of rock by XRD technique.
• Geochemical study of water.
• Watershed management.
• Thematic maps creations using Remote sensing, GIS, GPS & total station machine with the help of Arc GIS, ERDAS and Rock works software.

2. Academic
• Planning, management and organizing technical training programs to the officials of M.P. Government for various departments.

Having total experience of about 5 years out of which 3 years in oil & gas sector & rest of time at DMI in coordination & execution of consultancy projects on Safety Audits, HAZOP, ERDMP certification & On-Site/Off-Site Emergency Management Plans in various hazardous industries and in providing awareness training to many government district officer in M.P. & students of various schools. The selective consultancy experience is as under : Safety Audits :Conducted many safety audit across the country of various organizations like National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (Coal based), Gadarwara (M.P.), Ratnagiri gas power plant Limited (Natural Gas based), Ratnagiri (MH), NTPC gas power plant Limited (Natural Gas based), Anta(RJ) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (Coal based), Badarpur (Delhi).
ERDMP certification :Many ERDMP certification across the country of various organizations like Essar oil Refinery, Jamnagar Gujarat, IOCL- Paradip Raipur Rachi Pipeline Bhubaneswar, HMEL -Bhatinda Refinery, Gail -Jamnagar Loni LPG pipe line, BPCL Wadilube oil terminal Mumbai, IOCL Jhansi, BORL Bina, IOCL Lucknow Depot & ONGC Tripura Asset.Awareness Training Imparted specialized training at district level to many scientists, engineers from various private and public sector undertakings, government officers from different departments, teachers and students of various schools and colleges etc.